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The operating system must support the requirement to automatically audit on account creation.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-28792 SRG-OS-000004 SV-36782r1_rule Medium
Description
Auditing of account creation is a method and best practice for mitigating the risk of an attacker creating a persistent method of re-establishing access. A comprehensive account management process will ensure an audit trail which documents the creation of accounts and if required notifies administrators. Such a process greatly reduces the risk of accounts being created outside the normal approval process and provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. Additionally, the audit records of account creation can be compared to the known approved account creation list.
STIG Date
Operating System Security Requirements Guide 2013-03-28

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